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Fortitude Valley with Part Of The Problem, Baby

Posted by Loren on May 15, 2025

Fortitude Valley with Part Of The Problem, Baby
photo by Sonny Malhotra

Indie-punk band Fortitude Valley is back, sharing the single "Sunshine State" now, which will appear on the band's second album -- scheduled to release on August 1 via Specialist Subject Records and titled Part Of The Problem, Baby.

“Lyrically, the song is about moving away from Australia and dealing with those feelings. I found some old journals from when I was a teenager, and they made me reflect on how much I’d changed as a person. There were things about myself that I’d forgotten, but it was clear how much I’d always wanted to move to the UK. I was so keen to get away!  From such a beautiful place! So the song is like: I’m going back to the Sunshine State to find my younger, more melodramatic self and catch-up with her,” vocalist Laura Kovic says of the single.

The band released their debut in 2021, a self-titled album on Fika.

Tracklisting:

1. Everything Everywhere
2. Totally
3. Video (Right There With You)
4. Red Sky
5. Sunshine State
6. Don't You Wanna Be Near Me?
7. Part Of The Problem, Baby
8. Take Me Away, I'm Dreaming
9. Into The Wild
10. Oceans Apart

Fortitude Valley with Part Of The Problem, Baby
photo by Sonny Malhotra

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